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The Transition from Mystical Union to Separation in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 31, Poem 75)

This concept explores the mystical paradox presented in Poem 75 of Chapter 31, where the experience of divine union (وصال) inherently establishes the conditions for subsequent separation (هجر). The poem illustrates that the intimacy of 'acquaintance' plants a seed that eventually leads to the painful 'snare of faithlessness' and distance, reflecting the inevitable and often sorrowful fluctuations of the seeker's spiritual journey.

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